‘More than a hundred years have passed since the first forced relocations. That was when members of our family drove their reindeer over the strait to the mainland for the last time’

An excerpt from ‘The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow’ by Elin Anna Labba:
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'The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow,' a moving work of memoir and reportage by Elin Anna Labba on the forced displacement of Sámi people, is out now U of MN Press.

For a sneak peek, check out this essay by Labba, adapted from her book (which you should read!): placesjournal.org/article/the-di…

“The Architectural Gift,” a conversation between architectural historian Łukasz Stanek and Places Journal editor Frances Richard
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a very generative and thoughtful conversation with Łukasz Stanek on the architectural gift, shedding light into the thinking behind his current exhibition and article series

We discuss how architectural gifts merge gift-giving with other modes of exchange, who counts as givers & receivers, and whether a gift reveals itself in a crisis. The conversation is accompanied by three photo-essays on Islamabad, Kumasi & Detroit (2/2): placesjournal.org/article/the-ar…

In Places Journal Frances Richard and I talk about the gifting of buildings as part of diplomatic, humanitarian, philanthropic, developmentalist, and religious exchanges—and their impact on cities across geographical locations (1/2): placesjournal.org/article/the-ar…

In “The Architectural Gift,” architectural historian Łukasz Stanek + Places ed. Frances Richard discuss the gifting of buildings as a potent form of geopolitical reshuffling. What influence do such gifts have on cities in transition?

Here's their exchange:placesjournal.org/article/the-ar…

It is clear in my mind that the urgent problem for architects is how to care for the existing built environment. We need a new architectural imagination, and new pedagogical agendas to go with it.
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Don't miss Elin Anna Labba's new essay, adapted from her forthcoming book, 'The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi,' out in April U of MN Press.

Daniel Barber much appreciation for this brilliantly programmatic intervention in Places Journal -- highly recommended for anyone working in / studying the design disciplines or concerned about decarbonizing the built environment ... placesjournal.org/article/drawin…

This has been such a great and important series of essays (featuring two of my colleagues, Lizzie Yarina and Kiel Moe), bravo Places Journal and looking forward to reading upcoming ones